The government's efforts to give financial advisers more certainty by passing some of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through regulations could be in vain as Clive Palmer suggested his party, Palmer United, does not support the measures.

Palmer United Party (PUP) leader and Fairfax representative Clive Palmer told the ABC AM program that after the FoFA regulations came in today "no investor can rely on anything that the adviser tells them, they have to take it on by themselves."

"But I'm sure that when the senate comes back this will be disallowed so investors can be treated fairly," he added.

The regulation, which comes into effect today, removes the opt-in requirement for financial advisers and the "catch-all" phrase section 961(2)(g) of the best interests' duty that asked advisers to provide "appropriate" advice to their clients."

It also bans commissions in general advice by specifying that recurring payments and payments for recommending a single financial product or commissions are considered conflicted remuneration.

From today, advisers do not need to send Fee Disclosure Statements (FDS) to clients prior to July 1, 2013, and resolves the issue of grandfathering.

Correction: an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Clive Palmer was a Senator. Clive Palmer is a member for Fairfax in the House of Representatives and the article has been amended to reflect that. We apologise for the mistake.

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